The Environment and Our Health

Friends, welcome all of you to my today's post. Hope you all will be happy and healthy. Friends, a very good contest has been announced in the Health Steam community and after reading the topics of this contest, I felt like sharing my thoughts in this contest. So, while taking part in the contest, let me share my thoughts with you all.

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👩‍⚕️ What do you understand by the Word "Environment"?

The word environment is a big word in itself. If I explain the definition of environment in the true sense then it may take 2 pages of definition but if I explain it in my simple language then environment is that in which every living and non-living things are found. The living uses the environment to breathe and the nonliving uses the environment to change its shape and perform chemical reactions on itself. The most different thing is that the environment is only near the earth and hence it is suitable for living species.

👩‍⚕️ How do our surroundings impact our well-being?

We are human beings and humans are the biggest creation of God in this world. God has created the organs for the convenience of humans in a way that no one else has. For the maintenance of these organs, man takes the help of the environment. It is through this environment that man gets food, through this environment he breathes air and through this environment he calms his mind. Both good and bad environments have different effects on humans.

👩‍⚕️ What are some ways pollution, like air or water pollution, can affect our health?

Man is a selfish creature who thinks only of himself. It can be said that the environment in which we are living has been handed down to us from our elders. Now we are going to give this environment to the future students, so why don't we keep the environment healthy. The way we are polluting the river by mixing the dirty water of factory and drinking the same water. Because of that we should suffer from toxicity, diarrhea, vomiting and many health disease.Just as we are using old vehicles which are causing air pollution by their smoke and noise pollution by their sound. By smoke we would suffer through respiratory disease like COPD, asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia. The way we use plastic and throw it outside the house after using it, it never gets decomposed in the ground. So can't we change all these methods with today's technology? Yes, we can definitely change.

👩‍⚕️ What are some simple actions you take every day to promote environmental health?

I am a lawyer and a housewife. Along with education, I also run a family. There were many women around me who used to cook food using firewood. I suggested him electric stove connection and he purchased electric stove for his home. Today he stopped the practice of burning wood using electric stove and producing smoke from the fire.

I myself use electric vehicles and tell my friends to also bring electric vehicles because even the Indian government gives subsidy on electric vehicles. This does not cause air pollution.

Whenever I go to the market, I carry a cotton reusable basket. So that polythene does not have to be used and if polythene is used for example in milk bag or spice bag, then I discard it in ten days itself so that it goes to the Municipal Corporation and from there it reaches the process of recycling.

Along with this, I keep growing small plants at my home which gives inspiration to people and people also grow such plants at their homes. When the plants grow, I also give them to my friends.

👩‍⚕️How can education and awareness play a role in promoting environmental health?

Education and awareness play a very important role in the community. We just have to educate the community and make them understand the benefits of what we are saying, why we are saying it and what will be the benefit to them by doing this. After this, people automatically become aware because now people have to see their own benefit in every work. Now the Government of India is also giving education for community awareness everywhere which is placed in the form of banners at every intersection and this is the best way from my side.

Conclusion

Environment exists only on earth which is the biggest gift of God. The responsibility of handling this is not on any one person but on all of us. We should promote cleaning, recycling, recycle and reuse among as many people as possible. The dirtier the environment, the more we will have to compromise with our health. The result will be that half of the life's earnings will be spent on medicines, hospitalization and decreasing lifespan.

I want to invite such people in this contest who will themselves participate in this contest and other people will also get inspiration from them and they will also do power-up. In this contest, I am giving the names of @patjewell @chant @malikusman1, @kouba01, @solaymann, @fombae , @radjasalman, @dove11 and @josepha who are my trustworthy people.

The Environment and Our Health

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